Nevada Watch
Featured news in this section focuses on Nevada, the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange (Nevada Health Link), the Nevada Division of Insurance (in the Department of Business and Industry), and actions by the state legislature affecting insurance brokers and clients.
Nevada now ranks last in the nation for mental health care access and outcomes for the second year in a row, according to a new report from Mental Health America. In Las Vegas, doctors said they’re seeing the crisis play out every single day in emergency rooms across the valley. “Overall, with a growing city, ...
Nevada hospitals and health clinics say drug manufacturers are restricting the number of pharmacies in the state that can participate in a federal discount drug program. The limitations put in place by drug companies make it harder for patients to refill prescriptions at reduced rates, and they affect a revenue stream hospitals rely on to ...
Nevada’s first stand-alone children’s hospital received key approvals Wednesday from the Clark County Zoning Commission. Representatives from the UNLV Research Foundation and Intermountain Health were present at the Clark County Zoning Commission meeting, seeking a variety of approvals for the Nevada Children’s Hospital, which is slated to start construction this year and hire thousands of workers. Renderings ...
Gov. Joe Lombardo on Thursday applauded the creation of a new federal task force to combat Medicaid provider fraud and talked about steps being taken at the state level. Lombardo outlined the state’s efforts to fight fraud, waste, and abuse, including the creation of the Nevada’s first Medicaid Inspector General within the Nevada Health Authority. ...
Nevada hospitals received a mix of A, B and C grades in the latest Hospital Safety Grade report from The Leapfrog Group, with Reno-area facilities generally scoring well while Southern Nevada hospitals posted a broader range of results. The biannual report evaluates hospitals on preventable harm, including medical errors, injuries and infections, using national safety data and up ...
Nevada now has multiple medical schools training future physicians — but that alone doesn’t solve the workforce problem. So why do we still have a physician shortage? It’s a fair question, and it reflects a common misunderstanding about how doctors are actually trained. Medical school is not the pipeline. Residency is. After graduating from medical ...
Boulder City (Nev.) Hospital converted from a critical access hospital to a rural emergency hospital May 1, ending inpatient admissions — including stays longer than 24 hours — while continuing to provide emergency and outpatient care. The transition includes the closure of inpatient units and a related mass layoff affecting 71 employees, according to the hospital’s notice ...
Nevada next year will begin losing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in supplemental Medicaid payments to the state’s hospitals, thanks to President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”. That is just one of the impacts administrators warned lawmakers the state will have to reckon with next year when setting the state’s next ...
A new task force will investigate healthcare fraud cases in Nevada, Arizona and part of California, the Justice Department announced Thursday. The West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force will combine resources from DOJ’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, and its the Health Care Fraud Section, with U.S. attorney’s offices in Nevada, Arizona and the Northern ...
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center has been officially designated by the state of Nevada as a Level I trauma center, the highest level of trauma care available. “We extend our sincere appreciation to Governor (Joe) Lombardo for recognizing the need for this important designation and allowing us the ability to train and attract top-tier physicians ...